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This package contains classes that allow the creation and manipulation of service tags. This com.sun.servicetag package is intended for <b>Sun internal use</b> only.
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<dt><b>Service Tag</b></dt>
<dd>A service tag is an XML-based data structure that contains identifying information about an instance of a product or component on a system.
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<dt><b>Service Tag Registry</b></dt>
<dd>A service tag registry is a XML-based registry that contains the service tags of all the tagged components on a system. The service tag registry is present on systems that have the Service Tags software installed.
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<dt><b>Registration Data</b></dt>
<dd>A registration data is a container of one or more service tags that identify the components for product registration and will be used to interface with the Sun Connection registration services.
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This package contains the methods to create service tags, set up the registration data for product registration, add service tags to and remove them from the system service tag registry.
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All methods defined in this package will throw {@code NullPointerException} if {@code null} is passed in any input parameter unless it is stated otherwise. In addition, they are multi-thread safe.
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